Vendor-Independent Vulnerability Marketplace with Transparent Pricing
C6/10May 28, 2026
WhatA regulated marketplace where security researchers can sell discovered vulnerabilities to affected vendors at fair market rates, with guaranteed response timelines and transparent pricing — an alternative to selling to nation-states or brokers.
SignalMultiple commenters express frustration that researchers who find critical zero-days receive no compensation and face retaliation, creating perverse incentives to sell exploits to government agencies or underground markets instead of helping vendors patch them.
Why NowThe vulnerability brokerage market (Zerodium, etc.) is thriving while vendor bug bounty programs remain inconsistent and low-paying; the EU Cyber Resilience Act and increasing regulatory pressure on software vendors to fix vulnerabilities creates a compliance-driven buyer.
MarketSoftware vendors (Microsoft, Apple, Google, etc.) are the buyers; security researchers are the sellers; TAM overlaps with the $1B+ bug bounty and vulnerability broker market; HackerOne and Bugcrowd exist but are vendor-controlled and underpay relative to gray market rates.
MoatTwo-sided marketplace network effects — aggregating both the best researchers and the most responsive vendors creates liquidity that is hard to replicate.
GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploitsView discussion ↗ · Article ↗ · 475 pts · May 28, 2026
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